bonne journee my muthafuckin ass....

[jawnbc]

12h20 MDT
I’m sitting alone where the rain comes. And suddenly I start wondering where it will go. Well…not really.

I’m sitting o’ here in O’Denver (DIA) trying to get to o’there in O’Hare (ORD) and then O’Wilkes Barre/Scranton PA. (OK that pun’s old). In United’s mediocre Red Carpet Club. The furnishings are fine, it’s the services. Like no free wifi (except DIA’s, which clearly is over-subscribed. Oh and you pay for most bevies. There are, however, Lays potato chips.

After an all-too-brief night of snuggling querrelle , we awoke around 05h30 and were out the door at 06h05. I get a bit panicked when I cut it close for the airport, even when only carrying on. And this trip it was worse: my Merkun passport expired so I had to enter Les États Unis on my Canuck one. And dude sometimes that makes those power-tragic lame-arses Customs Agents a bit pissy.

Not today though. I was, like “This trip is totally last minute and OMG my US passport was expired. But I totally have my Canadian one. Is that, like, OK? I’m sooo not trying to be sneaky.”

“As long as you got a passport.” ScanTypeStampShoveBackGrunt. Works for me.

I got through security wicked fast too, completely forgetting to take out my baggies of wee liquids. Not a sausage. I plopped down au Salon Feuille d’Erable (a proper airline lounge, with free wifi and Ethernet) for a bit then waddled onboard. A nice service with omelettes, though there were no foot rests in F-class and my leprechaun legs were dangling off the seat. Can you say back ache Batman?

I arrived here at DIA early, but got off the plane late because of tarmac traffic. Only to find my flight to Chicago is delayed 3 hours. That would still leave 30 minutes to make my connection to PA, but it’s O’Hare. I’m not stooped.

United has this very nifty service though. March up to a counter and pick up the courtesy phone. Agent comes on, you explain your story, they sort it, and the boarding pass prints right in front of you. So I got protected on a flight only an hour later. Since I had 3.5 to kill in ORD, n’importe.

But this lounge sucks (hard). I think I’ll have a wander through the terminal. I’ve never lost my ability to get a chubby at a kewl airport. And DIA is kewl. The crowd’s still pretty white-bread though.

16h39 CDT
Well, the flight got out of DIA fine…only to be bounced back by O’Hare due to “strong” winds of 20mph closing 1 runway. Luckily our clever pilot loaded extra fuel; otherwise I think I’d be in Des Moines or somewhere similar. We landed about 30 minutes late, leaving 2 hours to kill here.

I broke down and bought a.) McDo; and b.) Boingo Wi-fi for 24 hours. I might still be here….thank Gawd for carryon.

Comments

[garpu.livejournal.com]

I totally misread that as you not taking your weed out of your bag. ORD just sucks to fly into/out of. At least you don't have to wait on the runway while Dubya takes off.

[qnetter]

Are you sure there's no free WiFi? T-Mobile should allow you to log in with free access if you're in an RCC -- but the free login option is at a funny place on the screen.

[jawnbc]

There was a link for Red Carpet members and International Business or First Class passengers to get free access. I must've missed the other one. D'oh!

[qnetter]

No, you're right. I had missed that (somehow) you were in the RCC but not a member. I'm pretty sure they can give you a T-Mobile day pass in that case.

[weekilter.livejournal.com]

Not to be too totally AR about it but DIA is only a local name and is not the airport code :)

[jawnbc]

I know it's DEN :)

[weekilter.livejournal.com]

Actually, some refer to it as DOA :) Sometimes that's what happens if you need to pick up your luggage on the "automated" system.